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Cleaner, Safer, Prouder Together 2
Introduction from the Leader of Havering Council
Cllr Damian White
Dear resident,
Every year we produce this booklet to explain exactly how your
money is used by the Council, and to show you how much of a
difference it makes to all Havering residents.
Our spending is focused on the services we have to provide by
law and those that residents tell us are most important to them.
Last year we began to deliver our four-year spending plan, in
direct response to what residents told us is most important to
them. Our 2020/21 budget builds on this, and based on further consultation, we
will continue to improve our roads and pavements, invest in community safety,
affordable homes, schools and education, and parks and leisure. This year also sees
additional funding to safeguard libraries, significant investment in our high streets
to help support local businesses and an increase in funding to provide more health
workers to care for our elderly and most vulnerable residents.
In order to protect and provide the key services which matter most, residents will
see an increase of 3.95% in their council tax bills in 2020/21. This includes the
additional 2 per cent Adult Social Care precept.
When adding the London Mayor’s precept (his share of the bill) which has risen by
3.61%, the total increase for the average Band D property is £1.29 per week.
Havering has taken a proactive approach to managing its budgetary pressures over
a number of years. We have worked hard to drive down the cost of providing our
services and we were recently named the most efficient Council in London for the
second year running.
This year’s budget, including the increase in your Council tax, will continue to
address the financial pressures we face but at the same time continues to respond
to and acts on the issues that matter most to our community.
You can keep up-to-date with the latest council news throughout the year by
subscribing to our weekly Living in Havering email newsletter:
https://www.havering.gov.uk/newsletters
Councillor Damian White
Leader of Havering Council
Your Council Tax Your Services 2020-21 3
How the Council Tax is spent
The following outlines how Social Services
the Council is set to spend In the budget consultation
money for the financial year you told us that looking
April 2020 to March 2021. after vulnerable residents
Over the next year we will in our community was
collect £160 million from important so we will
our residents in Council be spending £8.81 per
Tax. From this, we will pay household, per week to
£30 million to the Greater fund social care services
London Authority to help for people of all ages, as
fund the police, fire service well as helping people to
and Transport for London. regain their independence,
The remaining £130 million after an accident or stay in
is added to our grant from hospital.
central Government, giving
Roads, Pavements and
us £164 million to spend in
Havering over the coming
Car Parking
financial year. The average £0.12 per household,
Band D Council Tax charge per week will be spent
in Havering is £1,795.84 to maintain roads and
per year, of which £332.07 pavements, run car parks
goes to the Greater London and keep street lights in
Authority and £1,463.77 good working order.
comes to the Council to
fund your services.
Pay your Council Tax in full before
1 April 2020 and you will receive a
1.5 per cent discount.
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Rubbish, Waste Culture and Leisure improve air quality, tackle
Collection and Street £0.93 per household, per land contamination and
Cleaning week to run our parks, noise issues, licensing and
libraries, leisure centres, regulation advice.
£1.08 per household, per
week will be spent to collect sports development, arts Other services
rubbish and recycling services and the Havering
£6.43 per household per
from more than 100,000 Music Service as well as a
week to run a range of
households as well as wide-ranging programme
other services including
keeping streets clean across of activities for young
support services (e.g.
the whole of Havering all people. This also includes
finance, human resources,
year round. a contribution towards The
IT, insurance and legal
Queen’s Theatre, as well
Education services), registrars (births,
as preserving our heritage
deaths and marriages),
£7.06 per household, per buildings.
community safety and road
week will support the
Environmental Health, safety.
education and additional
needs of young people in Licensing & Trading Levies
Havering’s schools and Standards
£2.93 per household per
other educational provision. £0.34 per household week is paid to a range of
The day-to-day running per week will be spent organisations that provide
costs for schools comes to protect consumers services to a number of
from a separate, dedicated (including enforcing fair boroughs and are set by
Government grant for trading, health and safety, central government.
schools, not from the food safety and private
Council Tax. rented housing standards),
£28.49 – Weekly spend per household (excluding GLA)
£0.12 Roads, Pavement & Car Parking
£0.34 Environmental Health & Trading Standards
£0.78 Housing Advice
£0.93 Culture & Leisure
£1.08 Rubbish, Waste Collection & Street Cleaning
£2.93Levies
£6.43 Other Services
£7.06 Education
£8.81 Social Services
Your Council Tax Your Services 2020-21 5
Information about Council Services
Many services are now Reduce, reuse, recycle
online including: In Havering we produce
Council information more than 95,000 tonnes
of waste each year.
The Council produces email
Information about reducing,
bulletins on different topics
reusing and recycling is at
with subscribers receiving
www.havering.gov.uk/
information from these
recycling
bulletins each month.
Sign up at Libraries
www.havering.gov.uk/ You can renew or reserve a
Havering-Updates library book online. Online
Social care courses, ebooks, audio
books and lots more are all
Information and advice
available at
on social care services for
www.havering.gov.uk/
people of all ages can be
libraries
found on
www.havering.gov.uk/
socialcare
Council Tax: Do more online
All of the following Council Tax services are now available
when you set up your My Havering account
Change of address/moving home
You can tell us about your move without a My Havering
account at:
www.havering.gov.uk/counciltax
Copy bill request
To request a copy bill, visit
www.havering.gov.uk/copybill
ebilling request
Over 19,000 residents in Havering receive their Council Tax
bill by e-billing. Help the environment and receive your bills
online when you sign up for My Havering Account.
Payment arrangement request
To make an arrangement for the current year
Single person discount request
To request or cancel a 25 per cent single person discount
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You can also download Housing Birth and death
our libraries app for Information and advice on registrations
smartphones. Council housing, housing Everything you need to know
www.yourlibraryapp.co.uk/ support, and private rented about registering births and
havering options is at deaths is at
www.havering.gov.uk/ www.havering.gov.uk/
Parks and open spaces housing registrations
Havering has over 108
parks and open spaces, Marriages & ceremonies
13 with greenflag status. Information about the This leaflet, including detailed
Information about our Georgian Grade II listed financial information, is
parks and what they offer wedding venue, Langtons available at
is at www.havering.gov.uk/ House and details about www.havering.gov.uk/
parks getting married or holding counciltax
Business a ceremony in Havering is
at www.havering.gov.uk/
Information, advice and
langtons
support for businesses is in
one place on the Council
website at
www.havering.gov.uk/
business
You can also access the following services on the Council’s website:
Student discount request
www.havering.gov.uk/studentdiscount
Housing Benefit and Council Tax Support
Reporting a change of circumstances:
www.havering.gov.uk/changecircumstances
General enquiries
Use this form for any Council Tax enquiries not
listed above:
www.havering.gov.uk/counciltaxenquiry
Council Tax Support
If you cannot afford to pay Council Tax because your income is low, you can apply for
help at www.havering.gov.uk/counciltaxsupport
Your Council Tax Your Services 2020-21 7
Council Tax Information 2020-2021
Band Value of property at 1 April 1991 Full Council Tax
A Up to and including £40,000 £1,197.23
B £40,001 to £52,000 £1,396.77
C £52,001 to £68,000 £1,596.30
D £68,001 to £88,000 £1,795.84
E £88,001 to £120,000 £2,194.91
F £120,001 to £160,000 £2,593.99
G £160,001 to £320,000 £2,993.07
H More than £320,000 £3,591.68
Almost all domestic properties Council Tax or to refund
are subject to Council Tax. overpaid Council Tax to you.
Properties are allocated a band Residents can get advice
according to their market value from the Citizens Advice
in 1991. consumer helpline by calling
The table above tells you the 03454 040506.
band a property will fall into More information about
and the Council Tax to be paid Scams Awareness Month
based on property values at 1 and scams in general is
April 1991. available at
Tax visit www.havering.gov.uk/ www.citizensadvice.org.uk
counciltax Scams should be reported
To find out more about Council to Action Fraud at
Tax Support visit www.havering. www.actionfraud.police.uk
gov.uk/counciltaxsupport Pay promptly to get a
Havering Council urges lump sum discount
residents to be aware of You could save up to £53.88
Council Tax scams
by paying all your Council
Council Tax scams continue Tax early. More than 3,000
to do the rounds in Havering Havering residents pay their
so extra vigilance is always Council Tax in full before 1 April
required. each year and get 1.5 per cent
The scammer asks for a £65 off their Council Tax bill.
‘release fee’ in order to release
The table above shows the
the money that is owed which
amount you will save if you
is usually a higher amount.
pay all of your Council Tax
Residents should always
before 1 April 2020. You can
double-check details if
make a payment at
someone calls them out of the
blue to offer a sum of money www.havering.gov.uk/
as it is likely to be a scam. counciltaxpayment
The Council does not charge Appeals
a release fee to reduce your Appeals to amend your
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Council Tax Lump Sum Discount
Band Full 1.5% Balance Council Tax less single 1.5% Balance
Council Tax Discount to pay person discount Discount to pay
A £1,197.23 £17.96 £1,179.27 £897.92 £13.47 £884.45
B £1,396.77 £20.95 £1,375.82 £1,047.58 £15.71 £1,031.86
C £1,596.30 £23.94 £1,572.36 £1,197.23 £17.96 £1,179.27
D £1,795.84 £26.94 £1,768.90 £1,346.88 £20.20 £1,326.68
E £2,194.91 £32.92 £2,161.99 £1,646.18 £24.69 £1,621.49
F £2,593.99 £38.91 £2,555.08 £1,945.49 £29.18 £1,916.31
G £2,993.07 £44.90 £2,948.17 £2,244.80 £33.67 £2,211.13
H £3,591.68 £53.88 £3,537.80 £2,693.76 £40.41 £2,653.35
property band can only be Payment by Direct Debit Council Tax may be entitled to
made if: Direct Debit is an easy way Council Tax Support.
• the value has altered due to pay and you can choose Other ways to pay your
to a physical change to the an instalment date of Council Tax
property either the first, fifteenth or Visit www.havering.gov.uk/
• the property has started to twenty first of each month. counciltax to pay by Debit
be used or stopped being Once set up, payments are Card.
used for business purposes made automatically so you For internet and telephone
• a house has been converted don’t have to worry and we payments (01708 433 993
into flats or vice versa will give you notice of any open 24 hours a day) you
• you have become the changes to the payments will need the following:
tax payer of the property you make. -P ayee Name: London
within the past six months. It’s easy to start paying by Borough of Havering
If you wish to appeal or Direct Debit, no need to fill -S ort Code: 62-00-44
request a change in your out any forms, just set up and Account Number:
valuation band and would a My Havering account by 14871734.
like more information, going to www.havering. -Y our Council Tax account
please contact The gov.uk/myhavering You will number
Valuation Office Agency then be able to set up your Your Council Tax instalments
(free of charge) at: Direct Debit online and you are due by the first of every
www.voa.gov.uk email can also report a change of month, unless you pay
www.gov.uk/contact-voa or address, apply for or cancel by Direct Debit. You must
call 03000 501501 a single resident discount, ensure your payments
They are located at 1 Ruskin request a copy bill and much reach us by the due dates
Square, Dingwall Road, more. and we may help remind
Croydon CR10 2WF Alternatively you can set you by sending an SMS
While any appeal is in up payments by Direct message. We will only send
progress, you still need to pay Debit without registering you one reminder letter
your Council Tax as shown on for MyHavering account by for late payment and legal
your bill. If successful, your visiting www.havering.gov. action will be taken against
bill will be amended and you uk/directdebit those who do not pay or
can request a refund of any Residents on a low income continually pay late which
overpayment. who are struggling to pay their will involve costs.
Your Council Tax Your Services 2020-21 9
How is it spent? months from April to March.
This will reduce the amount
Some of the money is used of your monthly payments
regionally for funding the but it means that you will
police, the fire brigade and not have a break before
Transport for London. the start of the following
Havering Council also uses financial year. Please note
Council Tax money to fund that instalments will still
local services you use such be due on the first of the
as Planning & Economic month unless you are
Development, Highways paying by Direct Debit.
& Car Parking, Education, You can apply online by
Refuse Collection & Waste completing the Payment
Disposal, Environmental Arrangement request form
Health, Housing (General www.havering.gov.uk/
Fund only), Leisure & counciltaxpayment
Recreation, Social Services
and other services. Help for
We also contribute to the
following levy bodies: East
people with
London Waste Authority, disabilities
the Environment Agency If you, or anyone who lives
(Thames and Anglian with you, is disabled and
Eastern Region), Lee Valley needs a specially adapted
Regional Park Authority, room (not a bathroom,
and the London Pensions kitchen or lavatory), an extra
Fund Authority; For more bathroom or kitchen, or a
information on levying wheelchair is used in the
bodies, see pages 17-22. home by the disabled person
For a full breakdown of how then you may be entitled to
we spend Council Tax go to a reduction in your Council
www.havering.gov.uk/ Tax.
counciltax If any special features have
been added to your home
Help for people for a disabled resident which
in financial increases the property’s
value, the valuation band
difficulty should not reflect that
If you are having problems increase.
paying your Council Tax If you think you meet the
please contact us us criteria for a reduction
straightaway to avoid you can apply online at
costs being added. Council www.havering.gov.uk/
Tax is usually paid over 10 counciltaxreductiondisability
monthly instalments from
April to January but you
can request to pay over 12
10If you feel that the band on diplomats. or disabled relatives (see
your bill is incorrect, please Please note that this is Exempt Properties below).
contact the Valuation Office only a summary of the For further details or to
Agency at www.voa.gov.uk discounts that are available; apply, please go to
or call 03000 501501 for full details or to apply, www.havering.gov.uk/
please go to counciltax
Discounts and www.havering.gov.uk/
Empty Properties
exemptions counciltax
Any existing discount Surcharge
Discounts entitlement is shown on In August 2018, a
The full Council Tax bill your bill but you must tell consultation commenced to
assumes that at least the Council within 21 days consider views on changing
two adults are living in a about any changes of the Council Tax empty
property. If there is only one circumstances that may homes surcharge.
adult the bill is reduced by affect it or you may be The consultation closed at
25 per cent. Some people subject to a fine. the end of September 2018
are not included when Note: We will monitor and the Council made the
counting the number of discounts and exemptions decision to increase the
adult residents. These and conduct reviews to surcharge from 150 percent
include people who are make sure the reduction still to 200 percent.
under 18, full-time students, applies. This may involve This means from 1 April
student nurses, apprentices, external organizations. 2019, properties will be
youth training trainees, non- Annexes charged 200 per cent of
British spouses/ dependents the Council Tax where they
An annexe is a building, or
of students (who are not have been unoccupied and
part of a building, which
allowed to work or claim unfurnished for more than
has been constructed or
benefit), those for whom two years. This is unless:
adapted for use as separate
child benefit is paid, school • The owner who would
living accommodation.
leavers, certain care workers occupy the property is
who live in the property, An annexe can qualify for
a 50 per cent Council Tax living in armed forces
severely mentally accommodation that is
impaired, long-term hospital discount where: it is being
used by the resident of the job-related or
patients, nursing home
patients, members (and other part of the property • The property is an annexe
dependents) of visiting as part of their sole or main used by the resident of the
armed forces, members residence and is otherwise main property.
(and dependents) of unoccupied, or it is occupied Since April 2013, there
international headquarters by a relative of the person have been no reductions
or defence organisations, liable to pay Council Tax for empty properties unless
members of religious in the other part of the specific criteria are satisfied
communities, care workers, property. (see Exempt Properties
people caring for someone Annexes will continue to below).
with a disability who is in be exempt where they are
receipt of certain benefits empty but cannot be let
but is not their partner separately from the rest of
or under 18, prisoners, the property or where they
residents of hostels for are occupied by elderly
the homeless and foreign
Your Council Tax Your Services 2020-21 11Exempt properties Also exempt are occupied
Some properties are exempt properties that are:
from Council Tax. These • student halls of residence
include properties that are • only lived in by students
unoccupied and:
• Ministry of Defence barracks
• owned and last used by a and married quarters
registered charity and last
• visiting forces
lived in less than six
accommodation
months ago
• only lived in by people under
• were lived in by people now
the age of 18
in prison or otherwise legally
detained • lived in only by people
who are severely mentally
• were lived in by people now
impaired and they are liable
permanently in a hospital or
to pay the Council Tax
care home
• lived in by foreign diplomats
• have remained unoccupied
since the death of the sole • annexes occupied only by
owner (the exemption does elderly or disabled relatives of
not apply where there is those living in the rest of the
another existing occupier) property
and less than 6 months For full details or to apply
have passed since the grant please visit www.havering.gov.
of probate or letters of uk/counciltax
administration If your property is no longer
• the law prevents anyone exempt, you must tell us
living there within 21 days of the change
• held vacant for a Minister of or you may incur a fine.
Religion If you think you should not pay
• were lived in by people now Council Tax because:
receiving personal care in a • your property should be
place other than a hospital exempt
or care home • you are not the resident or
• were lived in by people now the owner
living elsewhere to provide • you should receive a discount
personal care
• a mistake has been made in
• were lived in by students your bill
who also own the property
You can contact us by
• have been repossessed completing our online
• have been left by someone council tax general enquiry
who has become bankrupt form which can be found
• are vacant caravan pitches at www.havering.gov.uk/
or boat moorings counciltaxenquiry
• are annexes that cannot be If you disagree with our
let separately from the main decision you can appeal to
house. the Council. If, after receiving
12the Council’s decision, Benefits advice Second adult
you remain dissatisfied,
you have a further right of We want to ensure that rebate
appeal residents get all the
for pension age residents
to the benefits they are entitled to.
Go to www.havering.gov.uk/ You may be entitled to a
Valuation Tribunal second adult rebate if you
Second Floor benefits and complete the
online benefits application are of pension age and
120 Leman Street,
London E1 8EU form. Housing Benefit and »» you do not have a partner
www.valuationtribunal.gov. Universal Credit can help or your partner is not
uk/ you pay your rent, and counted for Council Tax
Council Tax Support could purposes (see Discounts
Any appeal must be made help pay some of your on pages 11-13)
in writing within two Council Tax bill. »» you do not qualify for
months of the Council’s
The amount you could Council Tax Support
decision.
receive depends on your or your support is less
income, circumstances and than 25 per cent of your
Fraud prevention how much Council Tax Council Tax bill
The Council has a duty to you pay. »» you have other adults
protect the public funds who are on a low income
it administers and may living in your property
use information that you To find out more, visit
have provided for the www.havering.gov.uk/
prevention and detection benefits
of fraud. It may also
share this information
with other organisations
responsible for auditing or
administering public funds
for these purposes. For
further information see
www.havering.gov.uk/
fairprocessing
Your Council Tax Your Services 2020-21 13How the Council Tax is made up
Details of the 2020 – 2021 budget
The Council Tax for band D properties has Planning & Ec
been set at £1,795.84 Roads, Pav
The make up of this charge is shown to the
right. (The table shows what we will spend Rubbish, Waste Collec
the money on with a comparison Environmental Healt
to figures for 2019-2020). Housin
Why did our TOTAL – AL
spending change? Contin
HAVERIN
Following consultation with Add Levies: East Lo
the residents of the borough, Environment Ag
Havering’s spending will total Environment Ag
£163.9m.
Lee Valley Re
2019/2020 Budget £159.4m
London P
Change In Council’s Budget
£m £m
2020/2021 Budget 163.9
2019/2020 Budget 159.4 Busines
Net Total (4.5)
R
Nation
Reasons for changes
Counc
Budget Pressures 20.8
Inflation 2.4 Business
Increase in Levies (0.7)
HAVERING’S PRECEPT ON T
Provisions & Other
Issues (including T
Grant Changes) (2.4) Precepts: London
Sub Total 20.1
Efficiencies/Savings (15.6)
Gre
Net Total (4.5)
142020/2021 2019/2020 2020/2021 2019/2020 2020/2021 2019/2020
Gross Exp Gross Exp Income Income Net Exp Net Exp
£000 £000 £000 £000 £000 £000
SERVICES
conomic Development 7,781 5,955 8,131 5,816 (350) 139
vements & Car Parking 13,953 11,766 13,031 11,020 921 746
Education 178,859 170,082 137,768 128,964 41,091 41,118
ction & Street Cleaning 9,144 9,007 2,869 2,855 6,275 6,152
th & Trading Standards 2,502 2,820 533 435 1,969 2,385
ng (General Fund only) 88,094 86,461 83,532 82,332 4,562 4,129
Culture & Leisure 9,410 8,922 3,983 3,883 5,427 5,039
Social Services 83,179 75,093 19,751 16,983 63,428 58,110
Public Health 8,989 8,995 10,646 10,646 (1,657) (1,651)
Other Services 49,717 48,215 11,175 10,244 38,542 37,971
LL SERVICES 451,628 427,316 291,420 273,178 160,208 154,138
ngency and Provisions 1,000 1,000
NG’S NET EXPENDITURE 161,208 155,310
ondon Waste Authority 16,363 17,049
gency - Thames Region 191 187
gency - Anglian Region 22 21
egional Park Authority 208 211
Pension Fund Authority 301 304
Unringfenced Grants (14,368) (13,516)
TOTAL EXPENDITURE 163,925 159,393
Less External Finance
ss Rates (Top Up)/tariff (9,945) 3,370
Revenue Support Grant (1,398) 0
nal Non Domestic Rate (23,809) (38,074)
cil Tax (Surplus)/Deficit 0 (461)
Rates (Surplus)/Deficit 1,331 585
THE COLLECTION FUND 130,104 124,813
THE COLLECTION FUND
n Borough of Havering 118,415 115,652
Adult Social Care 11,689 9,161
130,104 124,813
eater London Authority 29.516 28,409
TOTAL 159,620 153,222
Your Council Tax Your Services 2020-21 15Gross Expenditure and the Council Tax
2019/2020 2020/2021
Amounts of Gross Expenditure
Aggregate of the items which are attributable to
the services administered by the Authority during the year £501,307,261 £523,708,109
less allowances for contingencies; £1,000,000 £1,000,000
and contributions to financial reserves (£12,177,478) (£7,882,396)
(£7,882,396)
Gross Expenditure £512,484,739 £530,590,505
Amounts of Council Tax Requirement
LBH element of the Council Tax Band D for a Property £1,408.15 £1,463.77
multiplied by The Council Tax Base 88,636 88,883
Council Tax Requirement £124,812,783 £130,104,269
Statements concerning Gross Expenditure
and Council Tax Requirement
Gross Expenditure £512,484,739 £530,590,505
less Council Tax Requirement £124,812,783 £130,104,269
£387,671,956 £400,486,236
Reason for Difference
Gross income £341,913,643 £359,783,489
Retained Business Rates £38,074,634 £23,808,558
Business Rates Baseline (Tariff)/Top up (£3,369,857) £9,944,857
Revenue Support Grant £0 £1,398,077
Council Tax (Deficit)/Surplus £461,196 £0
Business Rates (Deficit)/Surplus (£585,138) (£1,331,141)
376,494,478 £393,603,840
Less contingencies and contribution to reserves £11,177,478 £6,882,396
£387,671,956 £400,486,236
16Levying bodies
The Council Tax you pay Waste disposal is to reserves for future waste
includes money that the carried out under a 25- arrangements, resulting
Council has to collect for year Integrated Waste in no change to the total
other organisations that Management Services levy. The decrease for
provide services London- Contract with Renewi the London Borough of
wide. The organisations plc (previously Shanks Havering is 4.02%.
that make a levy on the Waste Management Ltd.), The major part of the
Council are shown in this supported by funding via ELWA Levy is apportioned
section. the government’s Private on the basis of relative
Finance Initiative. amounts of household
East London Waste
Authority (ELWA) Budget 2020/2021 waste delivered to it by
ELWA’s total levy each of the four constituent
ELWA has the statutory London Boroughs, with the
requirement is £67,488,000
responsibility for the remainder apportioned
(2019/20: £67,488,000).
disposal of household and according to their Council
Inflationary increases
commercial waste collected Tax Bases.
in operational costs and
by the London Boroughs
landfill tax, insurance and The Levy on the London
of Barking & Dagenham,
provision for increases in Borough of Havering for
Havering, Newham and
the amount of waste as the 2020/21 is £16,363,000
Redbridge, and for the
population grows are offset (2019/20: £17,049,000).
provision of Reuse and
by reduced contributions
Recycling Centres in its area.
Lee Valley Regional Park Authority
Budget Levy Changes 2019/2020 to 2020/2021
2019/2020 £m 2020/2021 £m
Authority Operating Expenditure 10.9 15.1
Authority Operating Income (3.0) (7.9)
Net Service Operating Costs 7.9 7.2
Financing Costs Dept servicing/repayments 0.5 0.9
Capital investment 1.2 1.2
Total Net Expenditure 9.6 9.3
Total Levy (9.6) (9.6)
Lee Valley Regional Park is on the Council Tax. This is calculated in proportion
a unique leisure, sports and year there has been a 0% to the Council Tax Base and
environmental destination increase in this levy. Find is £208,036 for 2020/21
for all residents of London, out more about hundreds (2019/20: £210,627).
Essex and Hertfordshire. of great days out, world Further details on how
The 26 mile long, 10,000 class sports venues and this budget is spent and
acre park, much of it award winning parklands at the amount each council
formerly derelict land, is www.visitleevalley.org.uk contributes can be found at
partly funded by a levy Havering’s share of the levy www.leevalleypark.org.uk
Your Council Tax Your Services 2020-21 17The Environment Agency
The Environment Agency is a levying body for its Flood and
Coastal Erosion Risk Management Functions under the Flood
and Water Management Act 2010 and the Environment
Agency (Levies) (England and Wales) Regulations 2011.
The Environment Agency (Anglian Eastern Region)
The Anglian Eastern Region Committee. Money is spent
of the Environment Agency on the construction of new
has powers in respect of flood defence schemes, the
flood and coastal erosion maintenance of the river
risk management for 2,993 system and existing flood
kilometres of main river and defences together with the
along tidal and sea defences operation of a flood warning
in the area of Anglian Eastern system and management of
Regional Flood and Coastal the risk of coastal erosion.
The financial details are:
Anglian Eastern Regional Flood and Coastal Committee
2019/2020 ‘000s 2020/2021 ‘000s
Gross Expenditure £48,832 £54,421
Levies Raised £3,251 £3,349
Total Council Tax 947 960
Base
The total Local Levy raised has increased from £3,251,321 for
2019/2020 to £3,348,860 for 2020/2021.
The Environment Agency (Thames Region)
The Thames Region of the Money is spent on the
Environment Agency has construction of new flood
powers in respect of flood defence schemes, the
and coastal erosion risk maintenance of the river
management for 5,200 system and existing flood
kilometres of main river and defences together with the
along tidal and sea defences operation of a flood warning
in the area of Thames system and management of
Regional Flood and Coastal the risk of coastal erosion.
Committee.
The financial details are:
Thames Regional Flood Defence Committee
2019/2020 ‘000s 2020/2021 ‘000s
Gross Expenditure £100,146 £101,860
Levies Raised £11,577 £11,807
Total Council Tax 5,085 5,163
Base
The total Local Levy raised has increased from
£11,576,942 for 2019/2020 to £11,807,323 for 2020/2021
18The majority of funding for partnership funding the Committee to which you
for flood defence Regional Flood and Coastal contribute. The total
comes directly from Committee recommend Local Levy raised by this
the Department for through the Environmental committee has increased
Environment, Food and Agency a local levy. by 1.99 per cent for the
Rural Affairs (Defra). A change in the gross Thames Region and 3.0 per
However, under the new budgeted expenditure cent for the Anglian Eastern
Partnership Funding rule not between years reflects Region. The following
all schemes will attract full the programme of works levies are made by Anglian
central funding. To provide for both capital and Eastern and Thames
local funding for local revenue needed by the Regions:
priorities and contributions Regional Flood and Coastal
London Borough 2019/2020 2020/2021
of Havering
Anglian Eastern Region £20,470 £22,128
Thames Region £187,548 £191,242
The London Pensions Fund Authority (LPFA)
The London Pensions Fund former employees of the London levy is payable in
Authority (LPFA) raises a Greater London Council all boroughs, the Inner
levy each year to meet (GLC), the Inner London London levy only in Inner
expenditure on premature Education Authority (ILEA) London Boroughs (including
retirement compensation and the London Residuary the City of London). The
and outstanding personnel
Body (LRB). figures show the total to be
matters for which LPFA is
responsible and cannot For 2020/21, the income raised and, in brackets, the
charge to the pension fund. to be raised by levies is percentage change on the
These payments relate to set out below. The Greater previous year.
Inner London £13,065,200 (0%)
Greater London £10,317,753 (0%)
Total £23,382,953 (0%)
Your Council Tax Your Services 2019-20 19Greater London Authority
Introduction
The Mayor of London’s London a fairer and cleaner
budget for the 2020- place to live. The Mayor
21 financial year is built will also provide extra
around his vision of a resources from council tax
city where nobody is left and business rates for the
behind, and opportunities Metropolitan Police and
are open to all. It supports London Fire Brigade to keep
London’s future growth and Londoners safe. This will
economic success, building help offset the ongoing
on our city’s thriving impact of the reductions
economy, extraordinary in resources over the last
creativity, tolerance, decade.
diversity and openness to
the world.
This year’s budget will
provide resources to
improve the key services
Londoners need. This
includes delivering more
affordable housing,
supporting jobs and
economic growth, tackling
rough sleeping and making
Council tax for GLA Services
The GLA’s share of the in the City of London, which
council tax for a typical has its own police force, will
Band D property has been pay £79.94.
increased by £11.56 (or 22p
per week) to £332.07. The
additional income raised
will fund the Metropolitan
Police and the London Fire
Brigade. Council taxpayers
Council Tax (£) 2019-20 Change 2020-21
MOPAC (Met Police) 242.13 10.00 252.13
LFEPA (Fire Brigade) 53.00 2.28 55.28
GLA 23.38 -0.66 22.69
TfL (Transport) 2.00 -0.03 1.97
Total (£) 320.51 26.28 332.07
20Investing in frontline services
»» budget will enable
This Fire Brigade (LFB) to Overground services;
the
»» Mayor to fulfil his key ensure that first and »» investing £2.3 billion in
priorities
»» for London. These second fire engines Healthy Streets by 2024
include:
»» arrive at emergency to fund projects to enable
incidents, on average, more walking and cycling
»» making transport more
within six and eight across London. The Mayor
affordable. Single bus
minutes respectively. will also expand the Ultra
fares, single pay as you
The Mayor is also Low Emission Zone to the
go fares on the Tube and
providing resources to North and South Circular
DLR and Santander cycle
roll out a transformation roads in October 2021 to
hire scheme charges
programme so that the tackle local air pollution
have been frozen again
LFB can implement the and create a new £50
in 2020. This will save
recommendations of million Green New Deal
travellers around £40
the Grenfell fire inquiry. for London fund to help
million this year. The
This includes investing tackle the climate change
bus and tram one hour
in the new vehicles and emergency;
Hopper fare introduced
equipment required; »» making public transport
by the current Mayor will
also continue; »» working with London more accessible for
boroughs to maintain everyone. By 2024 nearly
»» continuing to tackle
existing concessionary 40 per cent of tube
London’s housing crisis,
travel and assisted stations are expected
using £4.8 billion of
door to door transport to be step free. All new
funding to support
schemes. This includes Elizabeth line stations will
starts of 116,000 new
free 24 hour travel for the be step free; and
affordable homes by
over 60s, the disabled, »» funding projects to bring
2022;
armed forces personnel in Londoners together,
»» ensuring the Metropolitan uniform and eligible war
Police have the resources promoting arts, sports
veterans and protecting and culture including
they need to tackle the Taxicard and Dial a
violent crime – the honouring London’s
Ride schemes. Discounts host city commitments
Mayor has funded 1,300 on travelcards are also
additional police officer for the UEFA 2020
available for apprentices; football championships,
posts from locally raised
»» increasing capacity helping tackle
council tax and business
and introducing new inequality, improving
rates revenues;
trains on the London the environment, and
»» allocating extra resources Underground and working boosting London’s
to tackle the causes of to complete the Elizabeth economy. The Mayor
crime, such as supporting line (formerly Crossrail), is providing funding for
disadvantaged young the Northern line around 1,000 cultural
Londoners to reach extension to Battersea and community events
their potential as well Power station and the across London and for
as protecting vulnerable Overground extension the planting of thousands
children and women to Barking Riverside as more street trees over the
at risk of abuse and soon as possible. The next year.
domestic violence. Mayor will also maintain
»» providing enough the Night Tube and Night
resources to the London
Your Council Tax Your Services 2020-21 21Summary of GLA budget
The following tables the Mayor in transport, has increased because of
compare the GLA group’s policing, adult education the extra funding for the
spending for 2020-21 with and the fire service as well Metropolitan Police and the
last year and set out why as additional business rates London Fire Brigade. There
it has changed. The GLA’s receipts being paid over to has also been a 1.6 per
gross expenditure is higher the Government to support cent increase in London’s
this year. This is mainly local services elsewhere residential property taxbase.
due to the impact of extra in England. Overall the www.london.gov.uk/budget
investment planned by council tax requirement tel 020 7983 4000
How the GLA budget is funded (£m) 2020-21
Gross expenditure 13,365.9
Government grants and retained business rates -5,486.6
Fares, charges and other income -6,787.3
Use of reserves -81.1
Amount met by Council Tax payers (£m) 1,010.9
Changes in Spending (£m) 2020-21
2019-20 Council Tax requirement 960.6
Inflation 244.8
Efficiencies and other savings -150.8
New initiatives 512.1
Other changes (for examle fares revenue and -555.8
government grants)
Amount met by Council Tax payers (£m) 1,010.9
Havering Council key contacts
Benefits – information recycling, roads, highways) Excluded Pupils
www.havering.gov.uk/ www.havering.gov.uk/ www.havering.gov.uk/
benefits streetcare excludedpupils
Business Rates – Bridge school
EDUCATION
information tel 01708 764370
www.havering.gov.uk/
www.havering.gov.uk/ Electoral Registration
businessrates educationandlearning
www.havering.gov.uk/
Cemeteries & Crematorium Education
elections
www.havering.gov.uk/ Psychology Service
Environmental health
cemeteries www.havering.gov.uk/
& licensing
Council Tax – information educationpsychology
www.havering.gov.uk/
www.havering.gov.uk/ Attendance, behaviour and environmentalhealth
counciltax traveller support service Family Information Service
Registrations tel 01708 431777 (nurseries, out of school
www.havering.gov.uk/ Elective Home Education clubs, parent and toddler
registration www.havering.gov.uk/ groups, pre-schools)
StreetCare (rubbish, homeschool www.havering.gov.uk/fis
22HOUSING Parking Payments SCHOOLS
www.havering.gov.uk/ www.havering.gov.uk/ www.havering.gov.uk/
housing payments schools
tel 01708 433993 (24 hour) Schools Admissions
Council tenants
www.havering.gov.uk/ Blue badges www.havering.gov.uk/
counciltenants www.havering.gov.uk/ admissions
bluebadge Schools Appeals
Council leaseholders
www.havering.gov.uk/ PAYMENTS www.havering.gov.uk/
councilleaseholders (Council Tax, Business Rates, appeals
Housing Solution Team Housing Rents, Garages, School Dinners
Service Charges) (Catering Services)
www.havering.gov.uk/
www.havering.gov.uk/ www.havering.gov.uk/
homeless
payments schoolcatering
Housing Choice Application
www.havering.gov.uk/ Payment line (24 hour) Free School Meals
askhousing tel 01708 433993 www.havering.gov.uk/
Payment line freeschoolmeals
LIBRARIES
(accounts, opening times, (Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm) School Transport & Home
renewals, reservations) tel 01708 433178 to School Transport (SEN)
www.havering.gov.uk/ www.havering.gov.uk/
PLANNING
libraries schooltransport
www.havering.gov.uk/
planning Special Needs
Romford Library www.havering.gov.uk/sen
www.havering.gov.uk/ Building control
romfordlibrary www.havering.gov.uk/ SOCIAL SERVICES
buildingcontrol Adults
Hornchurch Library Planning permission & www.havering.gov.uk/
www.havering.gov.uk/ general advice adults
hornchurchlibrary www.havering.gov.uk/ Children and families
24 hour renewal line planning www.havering.gov.uk/
tel 0333 3704700 Planning appeals children
PARKING www.havering.gov.uk/
TRADING STANDARDS
www.havering.gov.uk/ Planningappeals
www.havering.gov.uk/
parking Planning enforcement tradingstandards
Parking permits www.havering.gov.uk/ Consumer advice from
www.havering.gov.uk/ planningenforcement Consumer Direct
parkingpermits Building control advice/ www.havering.gov.uk/
Parking Penalties inspection requests consumeradvice
www.havering.gov.uk/pcn www.havering.gov.uk/
buildingcontrol
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